I was on the phone with my brother yesterday, and I gave him some career-related homework (the pro or the con of having a sister who’s a life coach, depending on how you see it). I asked him to write this question at the top of a piece of paper: What am I uniquely suited [...]
Leadership
Thank you for all of your kind comments, thoughts and outreach on Saturday’s Human Magic post. Feeling much better already! That post helped me articulate a much-needed reminder that with big GIANT goals come big giant roller-coasters of emotion — dips and triumphs, highs and lows. So it feels like perfect timing to introduce you to [...]
If you read my post Live for the Dip last year, you know that I felt like I BOMBED my first official bookstore event (even though my friends would tell you otherwise). I’m proud to say that I’ve since emerged from conscious incompetence, feeling much more able to deliver a speech or workshop with the [...]
With the greatest leader above them, people barely know one exists. When a leader trusts no one, no one trusts him. The great leader speaks little. He never speaks carelessly. He works without self-interest and leaves no trace. When all is finished, the people say, “We did it ourselves.” -Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching
I read a truly outstanding and inspiring book this weekend called The Essential Wooden: A Lifetime of Lessons on Leaders and Leadership. As a UCLA grad, this book is near and dear to my heart. John Wooden, named by ESPN as the Greatest Coach of the 20th Century, is arguably one of the most effective [...]
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